5CSXC5 vs XC7Z012S
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CSXC5 and the AMD Zynq 7000 XC7Z012S using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5CSXC5 | XC7Z012S | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone V | AMD Zynq 7000 |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 64,140 | 55,040 |
| LUTs as published | 32,070 ALMs | 34,400 LUT6 |
| Vendor logic figure | 85,000 LE | 55,000 LC |
| DSP | 87 variable-precision DSP blocks | 120 DSP slices |
| Block RAM | 3.9 Mb | 2.5 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 288 | 150 |
| Transceivers | 9 × XCVR 3.125 Gb/s | 4 × GTP 6.25 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen1 | Gen2 x4 |
| Hard processor | 2× Arm Cortex-A9 | 1× Arm Cortex-A9 |
| Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 2 | 1 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | AMD Vivado |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The 5CSXC5 has about 17% more logic capacity (64.1K vs 55K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 5CSXC5 is built from ALMs and the XC7Z012S from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (32.1K vs 34.4K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the XC7Z012S has 120 DSP slices against 87 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5CSXC5.
The 5CSXC5 has more on-chip memory (3.9 Mb vs 2.5 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 9 at up to 3.125 Gb/s on the 5CSXC5 and 4 at up to 6.25 Gb/s on the XC7Z012S.
The 5CSXC5 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the XC7Z012S with AMD Vivado.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5CSXC5 (Cyclone V) and XC7Z012S (Zynq 7000).